About Defining Current Objects

Defining an object as current lets you not to take the complete 3D shape into account. This proves useful for the analysis or the better understanding of the design.

This page discusses:

What is a Current Object ?

A current object is a feature or a geometrical element indicating the location for the next object you will create, in the tree. New objects are created just below the current object. Once created, a new element in turn becomes the current object.

There is always only one current object in the tree.

How to Define Current Objects

Current objects can be defined as current in two ways:

  • With the Define in Work Object contextual command. For some reasons, you may want to define objects as current yourself. You can do that using the Define in Work Object contextual capability as explained above.
  • Automatically: when creating features, the app automatically defines objects as current. When editing features (double-clicking them), these features become current too.

More About Define in Work Object

  • When deleting a current object, the feature located just above it becomes the current object.

  • Some objects cannot be defined as current. These objects are (non-exhaustive list):

    • 3D shapes
    • Sketcher elements
    • Reference planes
    • Relations
    • Constraints.

  • Define in Work Object is available for geometrical sets, but not for objects located within geometrical sets.